Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-12-27

these three years. am . poor widow
and have spent ell he LEFT me In tryinl
TO care the child. but !, 10 OF no avail
Poor JET. Poor Jess!"
The stranger lookeI troub'si-n be
Vas. To ride away from the inn With
out paying his bill Was bad enough. bu'
to ehes, poor widow In distress. fci
whose sick child she had sacrificed hel
means Of living. ~.-~sl. the act OF
= seoandrel.
TIE Oxonisn wished he had never lsfl
Oriel; he Eel, thoroughly ashamed OF
himself. 8, genuine vas bis shame that
1, might be ihossh, be vas fairly on the
path Of reformation. and ~oul thence.
forth keep to I, ia, !, wr no. % ~i,h
him and there are very many Ike hin.
lie was sll rish, until he ,o,k sn',is'
zip ., the vine which the hos,ss, had
tsmp,insly placed within his reach. and
which, q, the moment be resolved TO rob
the poor woman no more. be. in pure as.
sent. mindeines,, lifted TO bic lips and
uneon.cioasly drank. As he put down
the empty il.gon b. caught 'ish, Of III,
new moon through the window. aud -
hi, ssz, We, r,turning to the hw. J, rs.,-
ed for momsn, on III. pa,iea'. pdlii'
f.esd girl.
She was undoubtedly III. aud he gym.
paihixsd ~iih her. Sle ~ss pretty sad
h. admired her. Bu, the lS~ type VI
face ~lih III. nauo~. sljPinl forehsad.
the iafiivs eyes aud tbs ~esk'~illei
mouth s.d ehin. told her character 90 un.
mi-.k.bly tha, an idea suggested itself
10 him which be welcomed wi,h delight.
A q, for his resolves Here was s~sy
out Of hi, difficulties !
"whs, is the time Of your daughters
attack ,"
"rh- q, will come to her h IL
III will cure her"
Thou, AIT thou a physician ?
I'll have studied With the ~i,e', where
si.dom ds,ll. Let Jour daughter do
=, duesi aud tie sgus will depart from
her"
cart thou willing. Jess" asked the
mother.
To. sirl TUNED her head. but the
stranger. eyes we're on her. and she
~hrperrd "y,,."
"Thsn I will come back Ia brief
space. 70 TO seek some ro'en, herbs
under the ray. Of the yoang mcoa.
The .,aisn, wen, oa, laughing to him
.,lf =, ,hi. new device. and thinking over
the par, he ". to play. lie S.lkei
down the garden. jumped the p.llns',
crossed the mesdo-. and followed for q
Tim. ,h. bank of the stream -hose rip
pc. cleaned With the silver 'psrkls'
irm the moon.
Ak.fof herb rob ~, be took. then
.Prig Of dos'. mercury. then q small
c,l,'. 60, and sek.'sue'-ey.,he'eds''
then some .oorpioi sts". then . four
l-.,ed p.ri. aud tsis of b'o,n Then
he returned TO the Kitchen, "looking un.
u,,,r.ble ikins.." aud laid hi' leave. on
the table. the colt. 100, AZ one end. the
h-rs robert At the o;hs'. the 'oorPloa
gr... and the dog. mercury 10 the mid
die. With the broom nsi,,he paris. Thea
be pa, the lssyss Ia . cup and rubbed
them together for a,ime. whispering TO
himself ;, as TO be heard by the invalid
"E,s. zs,s. theta. phi; kappa. delta.
lambds. pi sigma. ssmms. beta. ma;
aiphs. tau. epsilon. nu pei. chi. uP'llon.
rho; k,klepsd,ls. may the ssue 90!
Then he opened the window iha, the
moon might shine on the cup, aud he
took oa, SONS Of the leaves and rolled
them 10 . strip Of parchment which be
cut from his poke, book. Then he tied
the roll With . ,ilksn string and sealed II.
ba, b. did no, use biz osn seal. for he
pressed on the wax The leaf Of scorpion
sra. which be accidentally dropped on
the hoor.
"A piece Of ribsnd." be said to The
hostess. the fret words be bad addressed
10 her .inc, he entered ~i,h the leaves
"snd pen and ink" and While she Was
gone be ,mp,i,d the cup on the fire.
To each end Of hi, tiny eyliader he tied
a piece Of riband. and With the pen and
ink he ,erswled oa the parchment the
Greek letters in his nm.iksbls charm.
repeating the words as be did %.
Now give me thy wri''. be said 10
the girl; and a. he kno,,ed the riband
hi, eye. searched into hers aud seemed TO
look through them down every nerve In
her body. d.
"wesr that" be said. As he finished
the knot. "snd the sickness will never
return 10 you. Res, and fear not.
Farewell ill the dawn"
And in gres, grandeur he s,.lksd oh
TO bed. A thing IL no, worth doing At
ali M, |, no, worth doing well, and this
our student knew. To have stayed
and watched for the result Of his suda.
eiou. piece Of foolery would have been too
severe . Trial for him. 50 he went TO
bed and laughed and then. somehow.
the laughter ,hinned away. And b.
wss JUS, beginning to reproseh himself
when he dropped of to 'leep.
In the morning there came knock
ing at the door.
"wno's there ?
"lt is long pas, dawn" said the hos
teas.
"whst do yos wan. ,"
"My daughter had NEVER ut last
night" -. :, :.
"Nor will she have again. lis ~ell,
said the stranger. n imPre''ivsly I" be
cOuld msnsse.
When he came down he found the
breskfss, ready.
81 desire no breakfast" be said. 81
csnno, pay you.
"Psy me |" said the hostess. "iou
have given me my daughters life, and !.
is l thu, should pay you. You are vel
come to al you have had and ell you car
take now"
The charm had lie ,a.e,. The sirr'
nervous nature yielded TO the msn''
stronger will. aud the ague bad been de-
fe.,ed. And, what 10 more. the sickness
did not return 10 her. The student mir.
sels. worker therefore flushed biz break.
fast, and silh profuss thanks from the